Re:Blame it on Linksys
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You replaced a wireless router with an airport? I think that's in a slightly different class given it's just an access point. I've never configured an airport, but I've enjoyed the reliability of it from a laptop. Does it have a web-based interface or anything where you can configure WEP and/or limit MAC addresses, or does Apple provide some sort of configuration software instead?
That is pretty poor about the Netgear router. My router had some minor but annoying flaws out of the box, but two firmware upgrades made it flawless. Still inexcusable, but in the end it runs better than the routers I owned from Linksys or D-Link. I remember buying the damn thing and thinking, "All I want is a decent, reliable router that works out of the box and doesn't die after a year!" Apparently that's too much to ask in an industry where everyone is rushing to be first to market...
I was still VERY impressed with the print server on the D-Link 714P+ router I owner. Worked with every OS I threw at it flawlessly, so I bought one of these since the Netgear didn't have a print server. I figure it was a good buy because now I'm not tied to replacing my router with only printer server-enabled ones. The thing has ports for both USB and parallel printers!
Re:Blame it on Linksys
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I say they're ALL crap. Too quick to market with new features. We've owned three Linksys routers, one D-Link, and one NetGear.
Linksys - One of the routers died after a month, one of them died after two years. The other is still working after 3 years. Not a very good success rate if you ask me, and I wasn't all that impressed with the feature set anyway.
D-Link - Quite a bit better than the Linksys crap, and the built-in printer server rocked - even worked with Linux (no driver required). However, one of the antennae fell off after a couple of week (no roughness, just fell off in my hand), and it's impossible to find replacement antennae. The speed of it wasn't so great when the firewall was enabled either, but it did it's job. The wireless range was attrocious! Oh yeah, it was only able to do one firmware upgrade and then all others after that failed:(
NetGear - Our current router is the Super-G WGT624 NetGear. I have been very pleased with it. Automatically checks for newer firmware, TONS of features that I haven't seen in any other router, very fast even with SPI enabled, easy to limit wireless by MAC, awesome interface, etc. We did have a couple of problems, however. When we first got it, the web interface would lock up regularly. It also was sometimes flakey about saving settings. However, both have seemed to stopped since I installed the last couple firmware updates. Now it is running problem free and I couldn't be happier.
I've heard a lot of complaints from NetGear, and we mustn't forget the time server fiasco, but I've been happy.
In summary, Linksys sucks all around, D-Link was useable but slow, somewhat featureless, and shoddy construction, and NetGear has been sweet for us.
I dunno, my fiance and I eat TV dinners often enough. It's not that we don't know how to cook, it's that we don't care to waste the money, prep time, and worst of all, cleaning dishes. To make most decent meals, you end up buying all sorts of different groceries (expensive). Then you get home and have to cook it (we usually don't mind this part a whole lot). Then the best part - you eat it. Then the worse part - cleaning dishes.
We both absolutely hate doing dishes. You say life is too short to eat crap? I say it's just food, and life is too short to spend hours a day on shopping, preparing, and cleaning for a single meal that only feeds two people. TV dinners are cheap, are easy to cleanup, and get the job done.
(And before anyony mentions a dish washer, forget it. As much as I hate doing dishes once, I really hate doing them twice.)
Preview available here. Popup blocking works well and the new firewall is quite nice (although I use a hardware firewall). This one was clearly designed with security as a top priority (although it remains to be seen whether it will be enough).
This is Slashdot, where PHP, MySQL, and Visual Basic are "toy" applications. PHP is awesome and getting better all the time. Is it the killer language that will devour all others? Hell no, but my clients don't seem to care as long as their sites are running. MySQL is the backend on them all, too. Works great for what they need. Is Visual Basic toxic waste that causes new programmers to forever learn how to code the wrong way? Yes, but it seems to do okay for RAD at my current employer. Yeah, the apps would be cool if they were in C++, but it isn't necessary for nearly all the apps the employees use.
Use the right tool for the job! Sometimes standards are more important than cutting edge. Would I like to upgrade our web server to something less loathsome than ASP and FrontPage extensions? Hell yes! But transition takes time, especially in a zero-budget bureaucracy...
Pfft. There are many good abstraction classes available for PHP, including the excellent ADOdb. Sadly, Ingres isn't on the list, but it looks like pretty much everything else is.
How about this: The perceived threat of getting financially penalized by the government is real enough that Disney doesn't want to take its chances. It's all conjecture as Jeb probably didn't come out and say he would penalize them (or stop cutting them breaks), but it makes sense.
would behoove you to politely tell them what your problems are. You are, after all, a customer.
I'd say you're only a customer if you're giving them money. RealPlayer's customers are places like the BBC, MTV, News.com, etc that pay them for their streaming media platform. It is those customers who need to put the heat on Real. I think it would be more appropriate to complain to your favorite media site that makes use of Real, which, unless you're a subscriber, will happily ignore just as Real will.
"You're not making me money? Go bother someone else!"
they make no claim to be a bank, so why use them as one?
I agree it's unsafe to leave sizable funds there for an extended period of time, given their track record of unpredictability, however, I'd say they do position themselves as a bank. They offer a Visa bank card, interest-bearing money market account and online bill payment. They want you to keep your money there for awhile (so they can earn interest on it, like a bank) and try to give you incentives to do so.
For the record, I've had perfect service in the ~4 years I've had a PayPal account, however, I know there are plenty of horror stories out there. I really like PayPal, but it isn't perfect.
Try right-clicking an image. You should then see "Block images from this server." It works for my in Firefox 0.8, no extensions required. Best of all, Google doesn't require graphics to navigate effectively, so the site functiosn as it did before. Nice! I do wish you could configure which servers to block in the settings, though, like you can for popups. Then I could specify *.doubleclick.com instead of just m3.doubleclick.com or whatever.
AdBlock puts that stupid "AdBlock" tab on blocked ads.
Re:Or use Google...
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Yeah, that's fine for sites who can expect the possibility of being linked to, but those sites can often handle the load anyway. It those small sites (Geocities) hosted on some guys cable modem describing how he modded his mom's vibrator into a CD player that won't make it. Often times, myself included, these people don't really think about or expect to be linked to.
Not open source, but what about GroupWise. It would at least allow you to get away from Exchange, and integrated connectivity to GroupWise is scheduled for Evolution 2.0 (Q3 2004, currently available as development snapshot). Plus, you'll get the support of a Linux company.
Ok, ok, so it's not a solution right now, but coming soon to a theater near you...
If you don't think there is a serious gender imbalance in the industry, and such a deficiency can be an asset to the minority applicant, you should go outside more often.
If SW engineers had a little more self respect (I don't see elevator repairment saying they'll want 30% less than typical union rates)
I'm sure there are plenty of self-respecting individuals in the unemployment line. My point is that in my experience, Salary.com reports salaries WAY above the market rate for a given area. By subtracting 30%, you get a closer ballpark. Bidding 30% above everyone else for "negotiating room" is a good way to earn a lot of vacation time.
I REPEAT: Salary.com is way overinflated. Don't believe the hype!
First you need to go to Salary.com and look up your desired position in your area - then subtract about 30%. Then, if you don't already, you need to realize that since the market is saturated, it's not really a high level skill (obviously, since apparently a lot of people can do it). The job market, especially in IT, is terrible. You just have to take Joe jobs until you find a decent one, hoping you can work at something relevant and in your field along the way.
Yes, it's depressing. It's depressing for all of us, but as long as an Indian will do it for chicken scratch, you're SOL unless you're a phenomenal salesman or work your ASS off like the rest of us trying to be really good at something (or grow some tits).
It might be noteworthy to mention that a lot of people don't download updates (majority?), much less deviate from their usual online activity of chatting on MSN, sending ecards, and checking horoscopes.
Software is what you get from Best Buy. What's a patch?
Don't be too hard on them, it looks like we've nearly Slashdotted the Google Cache as well. Now THAT'S scary.
Actually, I think Google mostly caches the content of the page. It still refers to the original source for a lot of images and other externally linked files. That could be why it feels like it's loading slowly.
Re:Viruses on Linux? Yeah, right.
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Who says Linux users aren't running as root? I've seen plenty of companies where the Windows user logs in Administrator because someone was too lazy to set it up the right way. I could equally see a "consultant" setting up a small business with Linux boxes and giving root priveleges to minimize user-perceived problems. I can also imagine a lot of users out there who buy SuSE or Fedora from their local book store, install it, and just use the root account because it worked when they tried it...
I think we should name it Goat. It would certainly be unique, although you'd want to make sure the logo didn't resember the GNU. Then we can have Goat Desktop Edition, Goat Server, and Goat SE (short for SELinux). The hard part would be finding a suitable domain name:/
Re:The whole streaming audio/video field's gone cr
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Just because the US legal system is owned by big corporations doesn't mean the rest of the planet is in the same mess as the US. I see no credible threat to my use of mplayer.
You sound like you're dying to be liberated...
Re:Good... down with Real
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You get an ad-free, nag-free, spyware-free version of Real Player, thanks to the good old BBC and their unique deal with Real.
Because the BBC is publicly funded, it couldn't justify using a third-party app that pesters BBC licence fee payers for more money - so they threatened to pull out of the Real deal (pardon the pun) if real didn't offer a nag-free version of the player.
Demonstrate your boundless resources by making a "platinum circle" donation to your local opera house, either in your own name or in your sweetheart's name.
Because she doesn't get to keep it as her own and brag about what her man got her to the women at work. Same as flowers - they're useless and overpriced, but she wants to feel you love her so much that you'd sacrifice money on something useless just for her and nobody else (wow, he must really love me!).
I just wish girls would switch their measure of affection to something more useful, like an HDTV or a DVD player with 5-disc changer:/
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You replaced a wireless router with an airport? I think that's in a slightly different class given it's just an access point. I've never configured an airport, but I've enjoyed the reliability of it from a laptop. Does it have a web-based interface or anything where you can configure WEP and/or limit MAC addresses, or does Apple provide some sort of configuration software instead?
That is pretty poor about the Netgear router. My router had some minor but annoying flaws out of the box, but two firmware upgrades made it flawless. Still inexcusable, but in the end it runs better than the routers I owned from Linksys or D-Link. I remember buying the damn thing and thinking, "All I want is a decent, reliable router that works out of the box and doesn't die after a year!" Apparently that's too much to ask in an industry where everyone is rushing to be first to market...
I was still VERY impressed with the print server on the D-Link 714P+ router I owner. Worked with every OS I threw at it flawlessly, so I bought one of these since the Netgear didn't have a print server. I figure it was a good buy because now I'm not tied to replacing my router with only printer server-enabled ones. The thing has ports for both USB and parallel printers!
I say they're ALL crap. Too quick to market with new features. We've owned three Linksys routers, one D-Link, and one NetGear.
:(
Linksys - One of the routers died after a month, one of them died after two years. The other is still working after 3 years. Not a very good success rate if you ask me, and I wasn't all that impressed with the feature set anyway.
D-Link - Quite a bit better than the Linksys crap, and the built-in printer server rocked - even worked with Linux (no driver required). However, one of the antennae fell off after a couple of week (no roughness, just fell off in my hand), and it's impossible to find replacement antennae. The speed of it wasn't so great when the firewall was enabled either, but it did it's job. The wireless range was attrocious! Oh yeah, it was only able to do one firmware upgrade and then all others after that failed
NetGear - Our current router is the Super-G WGT624 NetGear. I have been very pleased with it. Automatically checks for newer firmware, TONS of features that I haven't seen in any other router, very fast even with SPI enabled, easy to limit wireless by MAC, awesome interface, etc. We did have a couple of problems, however. When we first got it, the web interface would lock up regularly. It also was sometimes flakey about saving settings. However, both have seemed to stopped since I installed the last couple firmware updates. Now it is running problem free and I couldn't be happier.
I've heard a lot of complaints from NetGear, and we mustn't forget the time server fiasco, but I've been happy.
In summary, Linksys sucks all around, D-Link was useable but slow, somewhat featureless, and shoddy construction, and NetGear has been sweet for us.
I dunno, my fiance and I eat TV dinners often enough. It's not that we don't know how to cook, it's that we don't care to waste the money, prep time, and worst of all, cleaning dishes. To make most decent meals, you end up buying all sorts of different groceries (expensive). Then you get home and have to cook it (we usually don't mind this part a whole lot). Then the best part - you eat it. Then the worse part - cleaning dishes.
We both absolutely hate doing dishes. You say life is too short to eat crap? I say it's just food, and life is too short to spend hours a day on shopping, preparing, and cleaning for a single meal that only feeds two people. TV dinners are cheap, are easy to cleanup, and get the job done.
(And before anyony mentions a dish washer, forget it. As much as I hate doing dishes once, I really hate doing them twice.)
Preview available here. Popup blocking works well and the new firewall is quite nice (although I use a hardware firewall). This one was clearly designed with security as a top priority (although it remains to be seen whether it will be enough).
This is Slashdot, where PHP, MySQL, and Visual Basic are "toy" applications. PHP is awesome and getting better all the time. Is it the killer language that will devour all others? Hell no, but my clients don't seem to care as long as their sites are running. MySQL is the backend on them all, too. Works great for what they need. Is Visual Basic toxic waste that causes new programmers to forever learn how to code the wrong way? Yes, but it seems to do okay for RAD at my current employer. Yeah, the apps would be cool if they were in C++, but it isn't necessary for nearly all the apps the employees use.
Use the right tool for the job! Sometimes standards are more important than cutting edge. Would I like to upgrade our web server to something less loathsome than ASP and FrontPage extensions? Hell yes! But transition takes time, especially in a zero-budget bureaucracy...
Pfft. There are many good abstraction classes available for PHP, including the excellent ADOdb. Sadly, Ingres isn't on the list, but it looks like pretty much everything else is.
How about this: The perceived threat of getting financially penalized by the government is real enough that Disney doesn't want to take its chances. It's all conjecture as Jeb probably didn't come out and say he would penalize them (or stop cutting them breaks), but it makes sense.
I'd say you're only a customer if you're giving them money. RealPlayer's customers are places like the BBC, MTV, News.com, etc that pay them for their streaming media platform. It is those customers who need to put the heat on Real. I think it would be more appropriate to complain to your favorite media site that makes use of Real, which, unless you're a subscriber, will happily ignore just as Real will.
"You're not making me money? Go bother someone else!"
I agree it's unsafe to leave sizable funds there for an extended period of time, given their track record of unpredictability, however, I'd say they do position themselves as a bank. They offer a Visa bank card, interest-bearing money market account and online bill payment. They want you to keep your money there for awhile (so they can earn interest on it, like a bank) and try to give you incentives to do so.
For the record, I've had perfect service in the ~4 years I've had a PayPal account, however, I know there are plenty of horror stories out there. I really like PayPal, but it isn't perfect.
Try right-clicking an image. You should then see "Block images from this server." It works for my in Firefox 0.8, no extensions required. Best of all, Google doesn't require graphics to navigate effectively, so the site functiosn as it did before. Nice! I do wish you could configure which servers to block in the settings, though, like you can for popups. Then I could specify *.doubleclick.com instead of just m3.doubleclick.com or whatever.
AdBlock puts that stupid "AdBlock" tab on blocked ads.
Yeah, that's fine for sites who can expect the possibility of being linked to, but those sites can often handle the load anyway. It those small sites (Geocities) hosted on some guys cable modem describing how he modded his mom's vibrator into a CD player that won't make it. Often times, myself included, these people don't really think about or expect to be linked to.
Not open source, but what about GroupWise. It would at least allow you to get away from Exchange, and integrated connectivity to GroupWise is scheduled for Evolution 2.0 (Q3 2004, currently available as development snapshot). Plus, you'll get the support of a Linux company.
Ok, ok, so it's not a solution right now, but coming soon to a theater near you...
The question is, if SCO dropped their suit against IBM, would IBM drop its counter suit? I doubt it. Nobody fscks with the Jesus.
Um, this is Slashdot. Beggers can't be choosers ;)
If you don't think there is a serious gender imbalance in the industry, and such a deficiency can be an asset to the minority applicant, you should go outside more often.
I'm sure there are plenty of self-respecting individuals in the unemployment line. My point is that in my experience, Salary.com reports salaries WAY above the market rate for a given area. By subtracting 30%, you get a closer ballpark. Bidding 30% above everyone else for "negotiating room" is a good way to earn a lot of vacation time.
I REPEAT: Salary.com is way overinflated. Don't believe the hype!
First you need to go to Salary.com and look up your desired position in your area - then subtract about 30%. Then, if you don't already, you need to realize that since the market is saturated, it's not really a high level skill (obviously, since apparently a lot of people can do it). The job market, especially in IT, is terrible. You just have to take Joe jobs until you find a decent one, hoping you can work at something relevant and in your field along the way.
Yes, it's depressing. It's depressing for all of us, but as long as an Indian will do it for chicken scratch, you're SOL unless you're a phenomenal salesman or work your ASS off like the rest of us trying to be really good at something (or grow some tits).
/bitter rant
It might be noteworthy to mention that a lot of people don't download updates (majority?), much less deviate from their usual online activity of chatting on MSN, sending ecards, and checking horoscopes.
Software is what you get from Best Buy. What's a patch?
Why enjoy $40 broadband when you can pay $30+/month for dialup goodness and an extra phone line. Mmmmm, dialup...
Obviously, prices vary by area, but that's what it is around here.
Actually, I think Google mostly caches the content of the page. It still refers to the original source for a lot of images and other externally linked files. That could be why it feels like it's loading slowly.
Who says Linux users aren't running as root? I've seen plenty of companies where the Windows user logs in Administrator because someone was too lazy to set it up the right way. I could equally see a "consultant" setting up a small business with Linux boxes and giving root priveleges to minimize user-perceived problems. I can also imagine a lot of users out there who buy SuSE or Fedora from their local book store, install it, and just use the root account because it worked when they tried it...
I think we should name it Goat. It would certainly be unique, although you'd want to make sure the logo didn't resember the GNU. Then we can have Goat Desktop Edition, Goat Server, and Goat SE (short for SELinux). The hard part would be finding a suitable domain name :/
You sound like you're dying to be liberated...
Linky: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp.shtml?help
You get an ad-free, nag-free, spyware-free version of Real Player, thanks to the good old BBC and their unique deal with Real.
Because the BBC is publicly funded, it couldn't justify using a third-party app that pesters BBC licence fee payers for more money - so they threatened to pull out of the Real deal (pardon the pun) if real didn't offer a nag-free version of the player.
Because she doesn't get to keep it as her own and brag about what her man got her to the women at work. Same as flowers - they're useless and overpriced, but she wants to feel you love her so much that you'd sacrifice money on something useless just for her and nobody else (wow, he must really love me!).
I just wish girls would switch their measure of affection to something more useful, like an HDTV or a DVD player with 5-disc changer :/